Filter Special Collections 001 Black Mountain Poets

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Welcome to The Special Collection Section devoted to a collection of Black Mountain Poets Books and Documents and adjacent writers.

Known as the Black Mountain Poets or Projective Poets, were a group of early 20th c. of American Avant-Garde Post Modernist poets. 
A part of the Black Mountain College in North Carolina, "Although it lasted only twenty-three years (1933–1956) and enrolled fewer than 1,200 students, Black Mountain College was one of the most fabled experimental institutions in art education and practice. It launched a remarkable number of the artists who spearheaded the avant-garde in the America of the 1960s. It boasted an extraordinary curriculum in the visual, literary, and performing arts as evidenced by some of the artists and teachers listed below."
This collection of original poetry books and documents comes from one collection. 

Sturgis Antiques proud to offer this once in a lifetime collection of this amazing and highly influential group of poets.

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The Beat Scene Elias Wilentz and Photographs by Fred McDarrah Publsihed by Corinth Books 1960 1.jpg

The Beat Scene Photographs by Fred McDarrah and Edited by Elias Wilentz Published by Corinth Books 1960 1st Edition

The Beat Scene Photographs by Fred McDarrah and Edited by Elias Wilentz
Published by Corinth Books 
Year: 1960
1st edition [...]

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Airplane Dreams Compositions From Journals Allen Ginsberg 1st Edition 1969 House of Anasi and City Lights Books

Airplane Dreams Compositions From Journals Allen Ginsberg

1st US Ed. with $1.75 price on the bottom right. 
Year: 1969 [...]

Price
$39.00
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1st Ed. Every Day Poems by Philip Whalen 1965 Coyote's Journal Beat Poet and San Francisco Renaissance Poet

Philip Whalen was not a part of the Black Mountain Poets but was a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and was also a [...]